A highly regarded and accomplished leader with a record of un-paralleled success in developing and executing the strategic vision of technology companies, clients value Steve Jensen as a “best in class” technology attorney, technician and thought innovator. Tangible business experience and technical aptitude is at the cornerstone of Steve’s success. His multi-dimensional understanding of sophisticated technologies and time spent in-house managing a major business unit allow him to bypass the often difficult and expensive process of getting up to speed on client products and commercial operations.
Medical devices and instrumentation, semiconductors, computer hardware and software, complex digital signal processing, telecommunications, wireless communications, antennas, video and audio processing, optics, control systems and solid state cooling and heating represent only a sampling of the technologies with which Steve is fluent. Couple his understanding of even the most sophisticated technologies with his extensive legal and business acumen, and you have an attorney who is regularly called upon to manage diverse legal matters that are rooted in cutting-edge innovation.
With nearly three decades of experience, Steve’s practice includes patent disputes and trade secrets, regulatory challenges such as FDA-related matters, product liability defense where technology is a core issue, Qui Tam (False Claims Act) investigations and defense, breach of contract and antitrust claims, and public utility disputes. Steve helps companies with litigation, strategic development, competitive analysis and risk management, negotiation, licensing, patent infringement and validity analysis, financings, acquisitions, joint development and divestitures, as well as other tactical brand development and technology-focused initiatives. He uses his technical know-how to help clients navigate even the most challenging commercial and legal landscapes while supporting tangible financial objectives.
Steve’s leadership of firm trial teams is truly extensive. Notably, Steve helped his longstanding client Masimo protect revolutionary patient-monitoring technology. In one trial, a jury awarded over $134 million against Masimo’s primary rival. This victory helped propel Masimo to market success with revolutionary products, significant recurring royalties, and a successful public offering. In the second trial, Steve and his trial team asserted Masimo’s patents against a patient-monitoring giant in the industry, where the jury awarded Masimo over $466 million. In addition, Steve and his team also successfully defended Masimo against multiple claims of patent infringement.
Steve’s in-house, hands-on and practical business experience includes working for Hughes Aircraft in wireless and radar systems, and serving as acting Senior Vice President of OEM Business, Business Development and General Counsel for Masimo Corporation. In that capacity, Steve directly managed Masimo’s OEM business. As a result, Steve takes a business approach to legal counsel and strategy because he worked as senior management who negotiated and closed a variety of transactions and managed operations for those transactions, all in addition to his role as general counsel.
Steve served on the Board of Directors of Sedline, Inc. (non-invasive brain function monitoring), and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Cercacor (blood constituent monitoring) and the Board of Directors of the Masimo Foundation for Ethics, Innovation and Competition in Healthcare (charitable foundation promoting patient safety and advanced healthcare).
University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA), J.D., Order of the Coif
Brigham Young University, B.S., Electrical Engineering, Emphasis in computer architecture, Minor in Mathematics, Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society
State Bar of California
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court – Central District of California
U.S. District Court – Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court – Northern District of California
U.S. District Court – Southern District of California
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Advertising, Media & Entertainment
Communications Technology
Fiber Optic Networks
Electrical, Semiconductor & Computer Technology
Electronics & Semiconductors
Healthcare Information Technology
Software & IT
Medical Devices & Procedures
Transportation & Vehicles
Automotive Transportation & Powersports
Advertising, Media & Entertainment Practice
Antitrust & Competition
Appellate Litigation
Copyright
Copyright Litigation
Copyright Litigation
Covered Business Method (CBM)
Due Diligence
Inter Partes Review (IPR)
IP Strategy
IP Transactions, Agreements & Venture Capital
Litigation
Patent Strategy & Prosecution
Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) Trials (Post Grant)
Post-Grant Review (PGR)
Trade Secret
Trade Secret & Employee Mobility Litigation
Trade Secret & Employee Mobility Litigation
Trade Secret Protection Advice & Counseling
Trademark & Brand Protection
Trademark Litigation & Unfair Competition
Trademark Litigation & Unfair Competition
Transactions
Unfair Competition Litigation
- Named a Southern California Super Lawyer (2025)
- Recognized as a Patent Star in Managing IP’‘s “2024 IP STARS” (2024)
- Recognized as a Patent Star in Managing IP’s “IP Stars” Guide for his outstanding intellectual property legal work from 2013 to 2023
- Selected for inclusion in the “Southern California Super Lawyers” list for his work in intellectual property law by Super Lawyers magazine in 2020-2021
- Recognized by American Lawyer Media as a Top Rated Lawyer in Intellectual Property Law for 2013
American Bar Association
International Bar Association
Orange County Patent Law Association
Federal Circuit Bar Association
